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Study: Marketing of Opioids Linked to More Overdose Deaths
20 Jan, 2019 | 16:58h | UTCEditorial: A Perspective Regarding the Current State of the Opioid Epidemic (free)
Author Interview: Marketing of Opioid Products and Mortality From Opioid-Related Overdoses; Comparison of Wait Times for New Patients Between the Private Sector and VA Medical Centers (free)
Commentaries: Study Links More Marketing Of Opioids To More Overdose Deaths – CommonHealth (free) AND Heavy marketing of opioid drugs linked to overdose deaths – UPI (free) AND Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Consensus Statement: Fertility, Pregnancy and Lactation After Bariatric Surgery
20 Jan, 2019 | 15:14h | UTCRelated Review: Pregnancy After Bariatric Surgery: Impact on Pregnancy Management and Outcome (free)
Evidence‐based Guidelines for Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy
20 Jan, 2019 | 15:12h | UTCEvidence‐based Danish guidelines for screening of diabetic retinopathy – Acta Ophthalmologica (free)
“There is solid evidence to support a flexible, individualized screening regimen. In particular, it is possible to prolong screening intervals to 24–48 months for patients with no or mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy”.
Study: Remote, Non‐physician Led Hypertension Management Program
20 Jan, 2019 | 15:13h | UTCCommentary: Home-based hypertension program produces ‘striking’ results – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND At-home program helped 91% of patients control their BP in 7 weeks – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Review: Regional Anesthesia Induced Peripheral Nerve Injury
20 Jan, 2019 | 14:13h | UTCRegional anaesthesia induced peripheral nerve injury – Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy (free PDF)
Autoimmune Hepatitis: Appraisal of Current Treatment Guidelines
20 Jan, 2019 | 14:40h | UTCAutoimmune hepatitis: Appraisal of current treatment guidelines – World Journal of Hepatology (free)
Related guidelines: 2019 Hellenic Association for the Study of the Liver Clinical Practice Guidelines: Autoimmune hepatitis 2019 – Annals of Gastroenterology (free) AND 2015 EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Autoimmune hepatitis – Journal of Hepatology (free PDF)
Systematic Review: Antidepressants do not Help Treat Depression in People Living with Dementia
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:47h | UTCAntidepressants do not help treat depression in people living with dementia – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Article: Antidepressants for treating depression in dementia – Cochrane Library (free)
Randomized Trial: Enteral vs. Intravenous Approach for the Sedation of Critically Ill Patients
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:51h | UTC
Randomized Trial: Ibrutinib Regimens vs.Chemoimmunotherapy in Older Patients with Untreated CLL
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:40h | UTCIbrutinib Regimens versus Chemoimmunotherapy in Older Patients with Untreated CLL – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Ibrutinib vs Standard of Care in Front-Line Treatment of Older Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia – The ASCO Post (free) AND Ibrutinib Regimens Have Superior PFS Compared With Chemoimmunotherapy in Older Patients With Untreated CLL – AJMC (free)
Study: Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation for Heart Failure has High Rates of Participation
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:28h | UTCHome-based cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure has high rates of participation – NIHR Signal (free)
Cohort Study: Associations of Income Volatility With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:32h | UTCAssociations of Income Volatility With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in a US Cohort: 1990 to 2015 – Circulation (free for a limited period)
Commentary: Sudden income drops in early adulthood linked with risk of heart disease later – Reuters (free) AND Study links income to heart disease in younger adults – UPI (free)
Meta-Analysis: Worldwide Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
20 Jan, 2019 | 13:23h | UTCWorldwide Incidence of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage According to Region, Time Period, Blood Pressure, and Smoking Prevalence in the Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)
Care Redesign: A Teledermatology Initiative to Increase Access for Community Health Center Patients
19 Jan, 2019 | 18:21h | UTCA Teledermatology Initiative to Increase Access for Community Health Center Patients – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Performance Improvement: Performing an Inadvertent Procedure
19 Jan, 2019 | 18:27h | UTCPerforming an Inadvertent Procedure – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Position Statement: The Importance of Including Environmental Sustainability in Dietary Guidance
19 Jan, 2019 | 17:52h | UTCCommentary: Environmental sustainability should be inherent to dietary guidance – Elservier (free)
Related: The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (article and commentaries)
BJS Special Issue on Global Surgery
19 Jan, 2019 | 18:13h | UTCBJS Special Issue on Global Surgery (supplement with free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
🌍🥁🎉📣We are absolutely delighted to announce the BJS 2019 Special Issue on #GlobalSurgery is now live! It is entirely free to access and we hope you find it a fascinating read. Look out for lots of tweets highlighting what's included. https://t.co/h3lClGUf4b pic.twitter.com/qg3rw71OvU
— BJS (@BJSurgery) January 8, 2019
Selected articles from the supplement:
– Global surgery in an ecosystem for worldwide health
– Ethical considerations in global surgery
– Implementation science and innovation in global surgery
– A realized vision of access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care
– Training and accrediting international surgeons
– Disseminating technology in global surgery
– Global surgery and the sustainable development goals
– Systematic review of the use of big data to improve surgery in low‐ and middle‐income countries
– Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy
Cohort Study: Common Conditions Associated with Hereditary Hemochromatosis Genetic Variants
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:03h | UTCCommentaries: Haemochromatosis: disorder that causes body to absorb too much iron from food may be major cause of disease – The Conversation (free) AND Haemochromatosis is linked to more disease than previously thought – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Health impact of genetic ‘iron-overdose disease’ may have been underestimated – NHS News (free)
Fri, January 18 – 10 Stories of The Day!
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:08h | UTC
1 – Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Summary: EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Everyone (free)
Commentaries: New Diet Guidelines to Benefit People and the Planet: More Greens for All, Less Meat for Some – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests – CNN (free) AND A bit of meat, a lot of veg – the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn – BBC (free)
Commentaries: Haemochromatosis: disorder that causes body to absorb too much iron from food may be major cause of disease – The Conversation (free) AND Haemochromatosis is linked to more disease than previously thought – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Health impact of genetic ‘iron-overdose disease’ may have been underestimated – NHS News (free)
Related: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free)
Commentaries: Nearly a fourth of outpatient antibiotics unneeded, study finds – CIDRAP (free) AND Nearly a quarter of antibiotic prescriptions for children and adults may be unnecessary – University of Michigan (free)
5 – Guideline: Prepregnancy counseling – Fertility and Sterility (free)
6 – How to get started in quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
7 – Ebola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal – Foreign Policy (free)
Related: WHO expert: Ebola outbreak to continue at least 6 more months – CIDRAP (free)
8 – Summary: Hypertriglyceridemia Management According to the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline – American College of Cardiology (free)
9 – Efficacy and safety of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials – European Heart Journal (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Daily Aspirin Use May Do More Harm Than Good for Healthy People – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (free)
Related Study: Aspirin Did Not Prevent Deaths or Disability in Healthy Older Adults (free study and commentaries)
10 – Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report 2019 (free registration required)
Commentaries: Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows – Medscape (free registration required) AND No quick fix for physician burnout, depression – Reuters (free) AND More than half of physicians are burned out or depressed – HealthExec (free)
Related Perspectives: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Counting the costs: U.S. hospitals feeling the pain of physician burnout – Reuters (free) AND Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point – The Guardian (free) AND The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic (free) AND Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout – National Academy of Medicine (free) AND Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive (free)
Related Research: Physician Burnout Can Lead to Major Medical Errors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians (link to abstract and commentaries)
Open Access 2018: A Year of Funders and Universities Drawing Lines in the Sand
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:02h | UTCRelated: Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers? – Science (free) AND The world debates open-access mandates (free) AND China Backs Bold Plan to Tear Down Journal Paywalls (free) AND Europe’s Bold Open-Access Plan Detailed (free) Groundbreaking deal makes large number of German studies free to public – Science (free)
The EAT–Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCFood in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems – The Lancet (free articles – registration required)
Summary: EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Everyone (free)
Commentaries: New Diet Guidelines to Benefit People and the Planet: More Greens for All, Less Meat for Some – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests – CNN (free) AND A bit of meat, a lot of veg – the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn – BBC (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Feeding a population of 10 billion people by 2050 with a healthy & sustainable diet will be impossible without transforming eating habits, improving food production & reducing food waste—new @EATForum–@TheLancet Commission #EATLancet #foodcanfixit https://t.co/TsRQiyhA09 pic.twitter.com/v2KtYu9pdS
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 16, 2019
ACOG Guideline: Prepregnancy Counseling
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:00h | UTCPrepregnancy counseling – Fertility and Sterility (free)
Study: Appropriateness of Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing
18 Jan, 2019 | 01:01h | UTCCommentaries: Nearly a fourth of outpatient antibiotics unneeded, study finds – CIDRAP (free) AND Nearly a quarter of antibiotic prescriptions for children and adults may be unnecessary – University of Michigan (free)
Ebola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:58h | UTCEbola Has Gotten So Bad, It’s Normal – Foreign Policy (free)
Related: WHO expert: Ebola outbreak to continue at least 6 more months – CIDRAP (free)
How to Get Started in Quality Improvement
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:59h | UTCHow to get started in quality improvement – The BMJ (free)
Summary: Hypertriglyceridemia Management According to the 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline
18 Jan, 2019 | 00:57h | UTC